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Policy foundations for transformation: a gender analysis of adolescent health policy documents in South Africa

Staff inolved: Tanya Jacobs, Asha George, Michelle De Jong

Policy foundations for transformation: a gender analysis of adolescent health policy documents in South Africa

The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the United Nations Global Strategy (2016–30) emphasize that all women, children and adolescents ‘survive, thrive and transform’. A key element of this global policy framework is that gender equality is a stand-alone goal as well as a cross-cutting priority. Gender inequality and intersecting social and structural determinants shape health systems, including the content of policy documents, with implications for implementation. This article applies a gender lens to policy documents by national government bodies that have mandates on adolescent health in South Africa. Data were 15 policy documents, authored between 2003 and 2018, by multiple actors.

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